Red Wing Park — Attraction in Virginia Beach

The Red Wing Park Cherry Blossom Festival offers a delightful, experience of spring's ephemeral beauty. It provides a charming and accessible local celebration.

Pros: Beautiful Setting: Red Wing Park itself is lovely, and the cherry blossoms add a picturesque touch. The park's layout allows for pleasant strolls and opportunities for photography. Family-Friendly Atmosphere: The festival generally has a relaxed and welcoming vibe, making it ideal for families with children. Local Charm: It's a community-oriented event, which lends it a unique and heartwarming feel. You'll find local vendors, performers, and a sense of shared enjoyment. Accessibility: For those in the Hampton Roads area, Red Wing Park is much easier to reach than traveling to larger cherry blossom festivals. Photo Opportunities: The blossoms create stunning backdrops, making it a photographer's dream, whether you're a professional or just snapping pictures...

My two chocolate labs love to visit the dog park at Red Wing. There are two sections that are fenced off for the dogs allowing us to make a decision on which field to use. One has trees that provide shade and has a great mud hole in it. The other is an open field that is great to throw the ball and other doggy related activities. It also has a decent mud hole. With two chocolate labs rolling in the mud hole is a Rite of Passage and brings them tremendous Joy. If you don't want your dog muddy be careful after the rain. The mud holes dry up relatively quickly, a bonus for those that don't like a dirty dog.

Red Wing has a two gate system to enter the fields. Properly used it ensures no animal will ever get out. Most people are respectful and it is a great place to meet like-minded individuals. I'm not sure who enjoys the dog park more, the animals or I.  We both look forward to every visit and I have made...

It is a large and lovely park --- it can see why it is highly rated! Various events take place at Red Wing Park, and I just so happened to visit during the Cherry Blossom Festival --- usually, the event is "bigger", but since COVID, it has been downscaled...the hope is that next year, it can have dancers and people on stage and the like! At any rate, the volunteers were very warm and friendly, and also very informative! There were free arts and crafts kits for people and tea sipping, and people practicing martial arts and wearing kimonos...the flowers are really pretty, especially the Yoshino cherry trees!

The park itself is very spacious, with a basketball court and other courts for playing, some hiking areas near the entrance, from what I observed, and multiple playgrounds for kids. I'd like to explore it further, outside of the Cherry...